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To think its not that weird to kiss your mum on the lips?

208 replies

altctrldel · 18/02/2016 22:38

So theres been articles in the DM about Sam Fairers boyfriend kissing his Mum on the lips and "how gross it is"

I always have. Still do and im 28.

AIBU to think its not that weird?

OP posts:
Puppymouse · 18/02/2016 23:49

Peggy I would kiss my dog or horse over DH most days because their noses are so squishy and kissable. No idea what the hell that says about me but DH would not be surprised to hear it.

Abbinob · 18/02/2016 23:52

I kiss my toddler on the lips, I think it becomes awkward about the age when they start thinking about kissing people they fancy on the lips, so about 10?

Abbinob · 18/02/2016 23:53

I would die of embarrassment if my mother kissed me on the lips.my aunt did a weird double cheek kiss thing to me once and I had no idea wtf to do was horrified Blush

OhforGodsake · 18/02/2016 23:54

My lips are for sucking the middle out of a creme egg and nothing else.

Namechangingbastard · 18/02/2016 23:55

I think it's a bit cringy but the last time I kissed my mother before she died was on the lips and it was just perfect!

BackforGood · 18/02/2016 23:57

I think it' very odd. Kissing on the lips is a romantic / sexual thing to me and I've never come across it apart from these threads we get on MN every now and then, when I'm surprised how many posters think it's a normal thing to do.

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/02/2016 23:58

She was holding the back of his neck and they turned their heads. YUK. A peck on the lips is fine (not my bag but fine) but that wasn't.

A bit like the Angelina Jolie and her brother kiss. There's fine; then there's not fine.

Sandbrook · 19/02/2016 00:00

Used to kiss my parents on the lips as a child. Stopped when I was a teenager. Think now it would be weird.

Kiss my DH, kids and best male friend on the lips though

Seren85 · 19/02/2016 00:00

I might still very occasionally kiss my mum on the lips (btw having read it so many times is anyone else now finding that saying weird?) but never my Dad. I did as a child but it tailed off in early childhood. Mostly a cheek kiss family. Only immediate family though, I panic when other relatives or the in laws swoop in for it. All that aside, the kiss in question was way beyond a quick peck for a parent so isn't exactly a solid basis upon which to consider if kissing a parent on the lips is odd.

OhforGodsake · 19/02/2016 00:01

Ugh Mrs TP, I just shuddered at that.

Oswin · 19/02/2016 00:04

I kiss dd on the lips but she's six.
That kiss though was creepy as fuck.
Not just your average peck on the lips.

Gruntfuttock · 19/02/2016 00:16

They look like lovers not mother and son. YUK

Babyroobs · 19/02/2016 00:23

I wouldn't dream of kissing my df or my kids on the lips, it just doesn't feel right. I kiss my kids on their cheek or forehead and my lovely dog gets a kiss on the forehead too.

Beahun · 19/02/2016 00:26

I won't dare to watch that kiss now as someone said you can not unsee it. I do kiss my DD on the lips but she is only 4. My husband does too. I never kissed my parents and never even saw my husband to hug his parents since we are together.

KinkyAfro · 19/02/2016 07:54

My mum and I kiss each other on the lips, it's a peck not a snog. The reason that kiss was weird was because the mum had her mouth open and her hand on the back of his neck...like a lover

OhShutUpThomas · 19/02/2016 07:58

Yes I think it's very weird.

stumblymonkey · 19/02/2016 10:25

It's a bit of a personal thing...I think a little kid giving his parents a kiss on the lips isn't strange.

However older children and adults kissing parents on the lips makes me feel very uncomfortable/cringey.

I guess I liken it to sharing a bath...totally normal with little kids but if a teenager or grown child did it I would think it extremely weird.

I try hard not to be too judgemental about what other people do if it doesn't impact me but for some reason I have an almost automatic stomach churning reaction to it.

stumblymonkey · 19/02/2016 10:27

I guess it's because in our culture kissing on lips, like sharing baths, has sexual connotations so seems okay with little kids where it clearly isn't sexual but when they get to a certain age just feels very odd.

twopinkkittens · 19/02/2016 10:30

It wasn't just the once and it wasn't just a quick peck. I found it really strange!

I wouldn't kiss my parents on the lips - cheeks are fine.

NeedACleverNN · 19/02/2016 10:44

I kiss my children on the lips and as a child I kissed my mum and dad on the lips. Not as an adult though.

Each to their own but I just youtubed that clip and yeah that was gross. If I didn't know they were mother and child I would think it was a romantic session. Too intimate

witsender · 19/02/2016 10:46

I still kiss my parents (quick peck) on the lips at times. I'm 35 and they're nigh on 70. They kiss my kids on the lips. DH's family seen't kissers, they don't kiss him. Grin

witsender · 19/02/2016 10:47

But the kiss in question was way more than a quick peck. I found it very odd

vestandknickers · 19/02/2016 10:50

Definitely weird.

ZanyMobster · 19/02/2016 10:51

We are 'kissers' but we don't assume everyone is. My close friends kiss on the lips too, my DSs (10&8) both kiss me, DH, grandparents and my close friends on the lips, they will stop when they're ready and that's no issue.

ToastyFingers · 19/02/2016 11:04

I wouldn't kiss my parents on the lips, I can't quite place why, but the thought of it makes me feel quite uncomfortable.

I kiss my nan on the lips though, for some reason that's different.